Into Great Silence..

Into Great Silence is a film about solitude, meditation, and beautiful scenery. Watching the film is a meditation in itself as the absence of dialogue creates a sense of awareness and alertness that induces a stilling of the mind. An excellent film that is far too long, Into Great Silence goes for almost three hours! Two hours would have certainly been enough, but if you do check it out you have to see it through to catch one of the final scenes involving the old monks taking time out to slide down the snowy mountainside.

ATC market stand

This Saturday began CC supporters of Tibet's not for profit stand at the Terrigal Gourmet Food and Art markets, and considering it was our first time at the markets everything went reasonably well. We managed to sell some raffle tickets, take in some donations, and hand out plenty of free Tibet stickers for people to put on their cars. We also managed to meet some great people who showed an interest in the Tibetan crisis. Screening the Tibetan photo projects films proved to be a bit difficult due to power problems though we did manage to play Voices in exile once before the power cut out, and to pass on this film to a Tibetan activist. Hopefully we will be holding this stall every second Saturday of the month from now onwards, selling artworks, promoting awareness, and meeting new people, so come down and check out our stall and the rest of the markets.

Contemporary art & Beautiful Girls

Friday the 13th didn't hold any superstitious bad luck for me and my mates when we headed to the Metro to watch the Beautiful Girls. I started the day with my beautiful girl, and headed to the museum of contemporary art to check out the Latin American exhibition. The gallery was a mix of some really interesting stuff and a lot of boring stuff. Worth a look for sure (but certainly no lifetime experience), after an hour or two it was time to meet up with the others for some dinner in chinatown and pre-show drinks...
Although it wasn't the Beautiful Girls best performance, with the help of much drinking and some good company we all ended up having a pretty awesome night. Our usual pre-metro drink spot the Star bar kick started us all off, and with the help of some back stage contacts (possibly), we managed to hear the songs we wanted to be played. The only thing that hurt was the 3:30am get home, as the next day I had to run a Tibetan stall at the local markets...

Funky hangs Hendrix

Local restaurant Funky Kitchen is a cool little place that sits just across the road from the beautiful Avoca Beach. Already serving up amazing food and a cruisy atmosphere, Funky Kitchen just got even better by hanging my Jimi Hendrix artwork on its walls... So head on in for some fine dining, some cool music, and the opportunity to buy some local artwork, both by myself and by another local photographer who has some incredible panoramic images on display.

Letter of the Month

Check out this month's RALPH magazine to see my letter of the month winning entry. I managed to get my drawing of my Beautiful girlfriends photo shoot published, and scored myself a $500 Russel Athletic clothing pack! Happy times.

Homegrown

Local beaches pumped out some awesome swell last week and surfers and photographers alike made the most of the perfect conditions. The photo pictured was taken at our local beach by my cousin Chris, and the image and another photo taken by him can be found on www.tracksmag.com's homegrown section. Top shot mate!